Rubens: A Portrait : Beauty and the AngelicDuckworth, 1999 - 404 pages Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) is both one of the world's greatest painters and a mystery. His monumental canvases, featuring battling lions, sensual gardens of love, and 'Rubenesque' women, are viewed with wonder, joy and a suspicion that they have little to do with modern times. The pre-eminent genius of the Baroque, who worked as a diplomat and spy, and whose paintings are displayed in museums world-wide, studied and fought over at auctions, seems disconnected from the present. |
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Introduction | 1 |
Prelude | 9 |
The Artist Mets the Prince | 10 |
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